Cuff-holder.



No. 755,383. PATENTED MAR. 22, 1.904.

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CUFF HOLDER. APPLIOATION FILED my. 6, 1903.

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CUFF-HOLDER.

SIPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,383, dated March 22, 1904 Application filed November 6,1903. Serial No. 180,104- (No model.)

To all whom it v'mty concern:

Be it known that LVVILLIAM. H. PAGE, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Burlington, county of Burlington, and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cuff-Holders, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in cuff-holders, and has for its object to provide a cheap, simple, but durable and efficient device of this description which may be manufactured at a comparatively small cost, be light in weight, and afford means for attaching and detaching the cufi to the wristband, and the easy adjustment of the cuff relative thereto.

ith theseends in view this invention con- 7 sists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1- is a perspective view of my device in operation; Fig. 2, a plan view of the device; Fig. 3, an edge elevationof the same; Fig. i, a plan view of a modified form of construction; Fig. 5, an edge elevation of Fig. 4.

Referring to the device as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, A represents the device made of one piece of wire bent so as to provide buttonhole-slots B extending inward from one edge of the device. These buttonhole-slots are so formed as to provide a throat B where the wire converges, so as to leave a space in the throat narrower than the shank of the button, which is designed to pass over the same, so that when the shank of the wristband-button is pressed into any one of the buttonholes B it will spring the wire apart at the throat portion and snap into the larger circular portion beyond, and therefore prevent the device from being accidentallydetached from said button. C is a button formed with the device by bending the wire around in a spiral form, and this button C is designed to be buttoned through the buttonhole of the cuff for the purpose of attaching the device to the cuff. The buttonhole slots B are arranged upon both sides of the button C, those at the rear of the button C being for the purpose of adjusting the cuff when the shirt-sleeve is too short and the buttonhole-slots in front of the button C being for the purpose of adjusting the cuff when the shirt-sleeve is too long.

In Figs. 4: and 5 I have shown a modified form of construction in which the attachment isdesigned to be made from a sheet of thin metal, celluloid, or other suitable substance. In this construction the metal upon each side of the throat B of the buttonhole-slots B is turned upward, so as to form the spring-lips B and the shank of the button in passing through the throat will spring these lips apart, and therefore act in the same manner as the spring of the wire in the former construction.

The advantages of this invention are that the attachment may be made at a comparatively small cost, is light in weight and very thin, so as not to take up any room in the sleeve and cause inconvenience, and yet the attachment will securely hold the cuff in place at any adjustment and may be easily and quickly attached when desired.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction here shown, as slight modifications could be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- 1. A cuff-holder provided with a plurality of buttonhole-slots extending inward from one edge of the same, the inner ends of said slots being rounded, said slots being so formed as to provide a throat between this rounded portion and the mouth of the slots, the walls of the slots at this throat portion being formed resilient and adapted to spread to allow the shank of the button to pass therethrough, and a button formed with the attachment adapted to be buttoned into the cuff, as and for the purpose specified.

2. A cuff-holder provided with a plurality of buttonhole-slots extending inward from one edge of the same, said slots being constructed to form throats with resilient walls, a button formed with the attachment adapted to button into the cuff, a portion of the buttonhole-slots being arranged forward of said cuff-button, as and for the purpose specified.

3. A cufi-holder formed of thin resilient material and provided with a plurality of buttonhole-slots extending inward from one edge of the same, said slots so constructed as to form thro'ats with resilient Walls through which the shank of the Wristband-button is adapted to pass, a button formed with the attachment adapted to be buttoned to the cuff, a portion of said buttonhole-slots being arranged forward of the cufi-button and a portion rearward of the same, as specified.

4. A cuff-holder formed of one piece of wire bent into rectilinear form, said wire so bent as to form buttonhole-slots extending inward from one edge of the same, the inner end of said slots being formed round, and the Wire so bent as to form throats or narrow passages between the rounded portion and the mouth of the slots, a button formed with the attachment and extending outward from one side of the same, said button being formed by the bending of the wire in a spiral form, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affiXed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. PAGE.

Witnesses:

REGINALD BRANCH, HOWARD T. FLANDERs. 

